For the second time, we welcomed Prof. Dixon Chibanda, founder and CEO of the internationally operating non-governmental organization (NGO) “Friendship Bench” to the campus of Friedensau Adventist University in Friedensau/Saxony-Anhalt.
read more

On 24 June 2025, the family, colleagues, fellow music therapists, members of the university and friends bid farewell to Petra Jürgens in a moving funeral service. A few statements are reproduced here:
read more

It all started with an enquiry. A simple request from a sister in a congregation asking if there were any surplus cassettes in the archive that I could give her for sleepless nights.
read more

A comprehensive chronicle of Friedensau has been published and can now be ordered!
read more

An international writing Retreat on the topic of "Commons and Commoning" took place at Friedensau Adventist University (FAU) from 2 to 6 June 2025.
read more

Listening has multiple meanings. For me, listening has been a professional tool for decades - both as a musician and music therapist and as a professor who teaches, researches and is constantly learning.
read more

80 years ago – 1945 the zero hour in the Adventist Church in Germany? The end of the Second World War is perhaps the greatest turning point in German history of the 20th century. The signing of Germany's unconditional surrender in Reims ...
read more

Listening has multiple meanings. For me, listening has been a professional tool for decades - both as a musician and music therapist and as a professor who teaches, researches and is constantly learning.
read more

When Seventh-day Adventists had to deal with persecution and/or oppression in the past, this was mostly due to the observance of the Sabbath as a day of rest. Especially during the National Socialist era, the proximity to ‘Jewish’ views threatened...
read more

It was 20 years ago in the summer of 2005 that one of the most interesting archives in Germany opened its doors to researchers: the ‘Arolsen Archives’ - the International Centre for Nazi Persecution.
read more

They are certainly imposing, the large brick buildings in the middle of the forest. They were built with a vision and messages that still visibly shape the character of the site today: "Arise and be light" is a reference to Isaiah 60:1.
read more

Great ideas are not a recipe for success. They remain castles in the air as long as there is no one to implement them. It is not uncommon for these key people to remain in the background, although without their reliability, perseverance and ...
read more